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lay单词基本解析：

v.放置; 布置餐桌; 铺放; 涂; 提出; 产（卵）; 筹划; 押（赌注）; 交媾; 生火v.平躺（lie的过去式）n.性伴侣; 诗歌adj.外行的; 世俗的
lie的过去式v.放置, 躺下, 打赌, 设计, 击倒,产卵, 使平静,压平n.地形, 位置, 叙事短诗,交媾adj.外行的, 世俗的

lay变化用词：

第三人称单数:lays;过去式:laid;过去分词:laid;现在分词:laying;
动词过去式: laid | 动词过去分词: laid | 动词现在分词: laying | 动词第三人称单数: lays |
过去式：laid过去分词：laid现在分词：laying第三人称单数：lays

lay英英释义：

Noun

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

2. a narrative poem of popular origin

名词 lay:

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

同义词：ballad

a narrative poem of popular origin

同义词：ballad

动词 lay:

put into a certain place or abstract location

同义词：put, set, place, pose, position

put in a horizontal position

同义词：put down, repose

prepare or position for action or operation

lay eggs

impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

动词 lie:

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

同义词：lie

be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

同义词：lie

originate (in)

同义词：dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in

be and remain in a particular state or condition

同义词：lie

tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

同义词：lie

have a place in relation to something else

同义词：lie, rest

assume a reclining position

同义词：lie down, lie

形容词 lay:

concerning those not members of the clergy

同义词：laic, secular

not of or from a professionlayn.a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

同义词：ballad

a narrative poem of popular origin

同义词：ballad

v.put into a certain place or abstract location

同义词：putsetplaceposeposition

put in a horizontal position

"lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

同义词：put downrepose

prepare or position for action or operation

"lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

lay eggs

"This hen doesn't lay"

impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

"lay a responsibility on someone"

adj.concerning those not members of the clergy

"the lay ministry"

同义词：laicsecular

not of or from a profession

"a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

lay中文词源：

lay 放置 lay 非神职的，世俗的，外行的 来自PIE*legh,躺，放置，词源同lie,lair,beleaguer.语法上为lie的宾格动词形式。 来自希腊语laikos,人民，普通的，词源同laity,layperson.引申词义非神职人员的，世俗的，引申词义外行的。

lay用法和例句：

She laid the baby down gently on the bed.

她把婴儿轻轻地放在床上。

He laid a hand on my arm.

他把手搭在我的胳膊上。

The horse laid back its ears.

那匹马把耳朵往后竖着。

Relatives laid wreaths on the grave.

死者亲属在墓前献了花圈。

The cloth should be laid flat.

布应展开平放。

to lay a carpet/cable/pipe

铺地毯；铺设电缆；铺管道

The foundations of the house are being laid today.

今天正在给房子打地基。

(figurative)They had laid the groundwork for future development.

他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。

Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.

他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。

Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...

在地上铺一张报纸。

My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there...

爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布，他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。

The butler always laid the table.

每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。

A man came to lay the saloon carpet...

一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。

Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.

公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。

They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.

他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。

My canary has laid an egg...

我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。

Freezing weather in spring hampered the hens' ability to lay.

春天严寒的天气降低了母鸡的产蛋能力。

Diplomats meeting in Chile have laid the groundwork for far-reaching environmental regulations...

在智利会面的外交官们已经为那些对未来影响深远的环境保护条例的制定打好了基础。

The organisers meet in March to lay plans.

组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。

She refused to lay the blame on any one party...

她拒绝归咎于任何一方。

He could not bear to lay too much responsibility for the unhappiness of his later years on his own shoulders...

为自己晚景凄凉承担这么多责任，他接受不了。

I wouldn't lay bets on his still remaining manager after the spring...

我看他的这个经理当不到春天之后了。

I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.

我敢打赌迪安现在就在你办公室。

Don't lay it on too thick, but make sure they are flattered...

不要吹捧得太露骨，不过一定要恭维得他们很惬意。

I may have spoken a bit too freely, been a bit extreme, even laid it on a little.

我可能有些自由发挥，有些极端，甚至有些言过其实了。

The party thereby lays itself open to charges of conflict of interest...

该党因此难免被人指责有利益冲突。

Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.

这种言论会让人家笑话她。

Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.

爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。

It is difficult for a lay person to gain access to medical libraries...

非业内人士难以进入医学图书馆。

It is not just a textbook for professional diplomats. The lay reader will enjoy the anecdotes.

它不仅仅是职业外交家的教科书，里面的轶事趣闻外行的读者也会喜欢。

lay

None but fools and knaves lay wagers.

[谚]只有傻瓜和骗子才同别人打赌。

All lay loads on a willing horse.

[谚]好马重负。

The chief proof of a man's real greatness lie in his perception of his own smallness.

一个人真正伟大的主要证明在于认识到自己的渺小。

At no point in his life should a revolutionary lie back and take life easy.

一个革命者在一生中的任何时刻，都不应该停止战斗去过安逸的生活。

Some rowing boats lay keeled over on the beach.

一些划艇船底朝天地放在沙滩上。

A strong crosswind caused our gunboat to lay along.

一阵猛烈的侧风把我们的战舰吹得倾斜起来。

Don't lay yourself open to attack.

不要让自己轻易受人攻击。

He told her a white lie so as not to hurt her feelings.

为了不伤她的感情，他说了个没有恶意的谎话。

Lay heavy stress on law and order.

主要重点放在法律和秩序上。

The books lay in a heap on the floor.

书堆放在地板上。

Better lie low until this affair blows over.

事过境迁之前，你还是躲起来较好。

Half the road surface is being taken up to lay new gas pipes.

人们挖开半个路面以铺设新的煤气管道。

Form where we lay anchor, we could see the ships in the offing.

从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。

He is not a snob and therein lay his downfall.

他不是个势利小人，而他失败的原因正在于此。

He knows the lay of the land here.

他了解这里的地形。

Their clothes lay in a huddle on the floor.

他们的衣服杂乱地堆在地板上。

He lay on his back and looked up at the sky.

他仰卧著观看天空。

He lay face downwards on his bed.

他俯卧在床上。

He decided to lie close for a while.

他决定躲一躲。

He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.

他十分痛苦地躺在那里，直到医生来到。

He lay back and hit the ball for four.

他向后弯身击中球，得了4分。

He told us a deliberate lie.

他存心说谎。

He had to lay up his legs till they got well.

他得在睡椅上伸展两腿，一直到放好位置为止。

He had to lie down for a while to rest his legs.

他得躺下一会儿让腿休息一下。

He was willing to lay down his life for his country.

他愿意为祖国牺牲他的生命。

He lay in a sprawl over the desk.

他手脚摊开趴在书桌上。

He lay outstretched on the grass.

他手脚摊开躺在草地上。

He seized a club and began to lay on for dear life.

他抓起一根棍子，拼命地乱打起来。

He's in disgrace (with his father) because he told a lie.

他撒了个谎，惹得父亲很不痛快。

His dishonest dealings lay heavy on his conscience.

他的不诚实的交易使他感到很内疚。

His books lay in a heap on the floor of the living room.

他的书叠成一堆放在客厅的地板上。

He is so naive as to believe such a lie.

他竟然幼稚得连这种谎言都相信。

He told me to lay the table for six.

他让我摆好桌子准备6个人吃饭。

He tried to varnish over the truth with a lie.

他试图用谎言来掩盖真相。

He lay on the floor with a cushion under his head.

他躺在地板上，头下枕着一个垫子。

He lay on a sofa, reading a book.

他躺在沙发上看书。

He lay in his bunk under a mound of blankets.

他躺在铺上，身上盖了一大堆毯子。

He used to be quite a respectable and reliable person, nowadays he seems to have become just a lay about.

他过去是个完全可尊敬、可信赖的人，但现在他似乎已经完全成了一个游手好闲的人了。

Some fifty shares lie on his hands.

他还有50来股没脱手。

He lay helpless in the street under the pitying gaze of the bystanders.

他零零地躺在路边，旁观的人都投以怜悯的目光。

He lay back in his chair and dozed off.

他靠在椅子上打起瞌睡来。

My younger daughter used to lie in every Sunday morning.

以前我的小女儿习惯星期天早上睡懒觉。

You don't have to do anything just lie back and enjoy the journey.

你什麽也不用做--只管轻松愉快地享受旅游的乐趣。

You may lay it on the table.

你可以把它放在桌子上。

Lay off! You're messing up my hair!

你把我的头发都弄乱了！

Don't you dare lay a finger on that boy! He's done noting wrong.

你敢碰碰那个孩子！他并没有做错什么。

If you have two pounds to spare, lay it on Brown Willie for the nest race.

你要是匀得了两英镑，下次赛马时城押在棕色威利那匹马上。

Sunbathers lay spread-eagled on the grass.

做日光浴的人呈大字形躺在草地上。

Heaven lie about us in our infancy-and we lie about heaven later on.

儿时，上天向我们撒谎; 往后，我们又朝天撒谎。

I've nothing more to advise on the matter. You have made your bed and must lie on it.

关于这个问题我再没有多的意见，你是自作自受。

Don't lie to me--you knew damn well what was happening!

别对我撒谎你完全知道事情的真相！

By this time I saw very clearly how the land lay between my patron and his wife.

到这时我已清楚地看出我的老板和他妻子的关系如何。

The doctor told him a white lie.

医师没把事实告诉他。

The doctors were having a hard time persuading him to lie down.

医生费了好大劲才劝他躺了下来。

Be sure you lay in plenty of food and drink for Christmas.

千万储存大量食品饮料供圣诞节用。

The truck was forced to lie by for repairs.

卡车不得不停下来修理。

Last winter the snow lay thick on the ground.

去年冬天，地上积雪很厚。

Go and lie down for a while.

去躺一会儿。

So long as I can make good my threat, they'll lay off the use of force.

只要我能实现我的威吓计划，他们一定会停止使用武力。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

Harvard university lay on both side of the intervene charles river.

哈佛大学位於穿过其间的查尔斯河的两边。

Oh, I'm sorry. I can't lay hands on the treasure.

噢，很遗憾，我找不到这宝物。

The prisoners were forced to lie prostrate in front of their captors.

囚犯们被迫在逮捕他们的那些人面前卧倒。

Wherein does the difficulty lie?

困难何在？

Difficult times lie before us.

困难时期将要来临。

During the business depression half the machines in the factory lay idle.

在商业萧条时期，这工厂的机器半数闲置在那里。

After a busy life he was content to lie back and take life easy.

在忙碌的生活后过上了悠闲自在的生活，他心满意足。

On the battlefield such a coward like him would surely lie down and curl up.

在战场上，象他那样的胆小鬼肯定会吓瘫倒的。

The cup lay in pieces on the floor.

地上是那杯子的碎片。

The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.

地震之后，这座城市变成了一片废墟。

The wrecked train lay aslant the track.

失事的火车斜着横在铁轨上。

She lay back in the boat trailing her fingers in the water.

她仰靠在船上，把手指伸进水里。

She lived a lie for 20 years by pretending to be his wife.

她假扮他的妻子已经20年了。

She sold every air-conditioner she could lay hold of.

她卖掉了她所能弄到的每一台空调机。

She wouldn't scruple to tell a lie if she thought it would be useful.

她只要认为说谎有利，就连犹豫都不犹豫。

She sighed as she lay back on the bed.

她在床上向後一躺，长叹了一声。

She lay flat on her back in the warm sunshine.

她在温暖的阳光下平躺著。

She had managed to lay aside three dollars.

她已经设法存了三美元。

She feel sick and go to lie down in her cabin.

她感觉有些恶心，回她的房舱去躺下休息了。

She lay awake all night long.

她整整一夜没合上眼。

用作动词(v.)

You may lay it on the table.
你可以把它放在桌子上。

I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.
我躺下来与其说是要睡觉，倒不如说是要思考。

I'll lay odds of three to one that he gets the job.
我以三比一的赔率打赌，他能得到那份工作。

He showed us how to lay out a printed page.
他告诉我们怎样设计版面。

Surveyors lay out Wall Street along the line of the stockade.
测量员沿着栅栏设计出墙街。

They lay eggs from the beginning of July to the middle of August.
它们在7月初到8月中这段时间产卵。

用作名词(n.)

He knows the lay of the land here.
他了解这里的地形。

Lay more emphasis on combating corruption and advocating integrity.
把反腐倡廉放在更加突出的位置上。

A lay figure can be placed in any position, or attitude, and clothed in any costume and thus serves as a model for the drapery.
人体模型可以放在任何位置，摆成任何姿势，穿上任何服装，作为服装店的模特儿。

用作形容词(adj.)

A lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.
关于这种疾病的非专业的意见

The lay public must be convinced that this is right and beneficial, and the medical fraternity must be held to the standards of the subuniverse.
世俗的大众将会相信这是对的并有利的，而医学会友维持在此次级共同体的标准上。

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